 Welcome to All Hands Update, I'm Petty Officer Amara Timberlake. U.S. military forces and partner nations took military action against terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or ISIL September 23rd. Fourteen strikes against ISIL targets were achieved with aircraft and missiles. All aircraft safely exited the strike areas. The strikes destroyed or damaged multiple ISIL targets including training compounds, storage facilities, supply trucks, armed vehicles and ISIL fighters. USS Arleigh Burke and USS Philippine Sea launched Tomahawk land attack missiles from the Red Sea and the North Arabian Gulf to assist in the ISIL strikes. These strikes are part of the President's strategy to degrade and defeat ISIL. U.S. military forces will continue to conduct strikes against ISIL, aiding partner nations and defeating the terrorist organization.